Nora Brooks Blakely

Chicago Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak

Nora Brooks Blakely attends the release party for "In Montgomery & Other Poems" written by her mother, Gwendolyn Brooks, at the 19th Annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair in 2003. Blakely is the founder of Chocolate Chips Theatre Company and has been its producing artistic director for 27 years.

Nora Brooks Blakely attends the release party for "In Montgomery & Other Poems" written by her mother, Gwendolyn Brooks, at the 19th Annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair in 2003. Blakely is the founder of Chocolate Chips Theatre Company and has been its producing artistic director for 27 years. (Chicago Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak)

Nora Brooks Blakely attends the release party for "In Montgomery & Other Poems" written by her mother, Gwendolyn Brooks, at the 19th Annual Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair in 2003. Blakely is the founder of Chocolate Chips Theatre Company and has been its producing artistic director for 27 years.